The city is preparing tougher rules for erecting scaffolding, Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster announced yesterday – just hours after another scaffold collapsed. Lancaster, who’s been on the ...

In 1977, five ironworkers fell to their deaths from improperly erected scaffolding on the construction site of a power plant in the Midwest. Donald, the site superintendent of the ironworkers, had ...

Pipes, valves, turbines, pumps, condensers, and other mechanical components in the radiologically controlled area (RCA, or hot side) of a nuclear power generation facility require routine inspection, ...

OSHA requires fall protection for scaffolding users when working more than 10 ft above a lower level, regardless of the specific height difference. Different types of fall protection systems are ...

Falls are the leading cause of death on the job for U.S. construction workers, OSHA reminds us—there were 337 fatal falls in this sector alone in 2014, according to preliminary BLS data—so it makes ...

Alimak Group has launched a new scaffolding transportation system in partnership with Peri, designed to improve safety and efficiency on construction sites. The Alimak STS 300 Scaffold Transportation ...

“The incident is being shared across the Rio Tinto group with safety-stops being conducted at other Gladstone sites to ensure we can learn from this incident.” A UGL Engineering Services contractor ...

A 16-hour course on "Scaffolding" spread over four sessions will be held on Thursday and Friday and on Wednes-day, April 25, and on Monday, May 30, between 1 and 5 p.m., at the Institute of Health and ...